PROGRAMS FOR PERSONS WHO MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO RADIATION RELEASED FROM HANFORD NUCLEAR RESERVATION.

SEC. 3138. PROGRAMS FOR PERSONS WHO MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO RADIATION RELEASED FROM HANFORD NUCLEAR RESERVATION. (a) Funding.— (1) Of the funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Energy under section 3101 for fiscal year 1995, $2,500,000 shall be available for activities relating to the Hanford Health Information Network established pursuant to the authority provided in section 3138 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 104 Stat. 1834). (2) The Secretary of Energy may not obligate more than 50 percent of the amount made available under paragraph (1) for activities relating to the Hanford Health Information Network until the States of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho establish the uniform procedures required by section 3138(d)(3)(D) of such Act, as added by subsection (o). (b) Prohibition on Disclosure of Exposure Information.— Section 3138 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 104 Stat. 1834) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(d) Prohibition on Disclosure of Exposure Information.— (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a person may not disclose to the public the following: 108 STAT. 3088 “(A) Any information obtained through a program that identifies a person who may have been exposed to radiation released from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. “(B) Any information obtained through a program that identifies a person participating in any of the programs developed under this section. “(C) The name, address, and telephone number of a person requesting information referred to in subsection (b)(1). “(D) The name, address, and telephone number of a person who has been referred to a health care professional under subsection (b)(2). “(E) The name, address, and telephone number of a person who has been registered and monitored pursuant to subsection (b)(3). “(F) Information that identifies the person from whom information referred to in this paragraph was obtained under a program or any other third party involved with, or identified by, any such information so obtained. “(G) Any other personal or medical information that identifies a person or party referred to in subparagraphs (A) through (F). “(H) Such other information or categories of information as the chief officers of the health departments of the States of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho jointly designate as information covered by this subsection. “(2) Information referred to in paragraph (1) may be disclosed to the public if the person identified by the information, or the legal representative of that person, has consented in writing to the disclosure. “(3) The States of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho shall establish uniform procedures for carrying out this subsection, including procedures governing the following: “(A) The disclosure of information under paragraph (2). “(B) The use of the Hanford Health Information Network database. “(C) The future disposition of the database. “(D) Enforcement of the prohibition provided in paragraph (1) on the disclosure of information described in that paragraph.”.